Charlotte-based SPX Technologies expanding HVAC business with $418M acquisition, 2 options cut from Eastland Yards list. Starr's subsequent indictment of McDougal for criminal contempt of court charges resulted in a jury hung 75, in favor of acquittal. reports a federal lawsuit in Lauren Seitz's death was settled Tuesday in Charlotte, North Carolina. Had System lawyers taken the testimony as fact, Stadtmueller said they would have lost relevant evidence. The father of a teenager who contracted brain-eating amoeba after rafting at the U.S. National Whitewater Center filed a lawsuit against the facility Monday on the one-year anniversary of her death. Heres why Charlotte wants to be slow and right, NC lawmakers drop language that would limit the number of high school athletic divisions, NC man pleads guilty to giving fentanyl to his 16-year-old girlfriend, killing her, Bride killed when driver hits wedding partys golf cart in SC beach town, cops say, Record number of inmates died in NC jails + Panthers make decisions on two key players, Best place for a summer vacation? Recently, the family of a man who did not survive an accident on the Roaring Folk River during a whitewater rafting trip sued the whitewater rafting company involved in the accident through a wrongful-death lawsuit filed in Aspen, Colorado. [56], Deputy White House counsel Vince Foster looked into this matter, but did not take any action before his death. Goettl-Vander Pass attorney, Lisle Blackborn, petitioned for the decision to be reconsidered. [56], Kenneth Starr's successor as Independent Counsel, Robert Ray, released a report in September 2000, that stated "This office determined that the evidence was insufficient to prove to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt that either President or Mrs. Clinton knowingly participated in any criminal conduct. The additional allegations prompted UW System to open another investigation, which showed Hill engaged in sexual harassment of at least seven and potentially up to 10 women on campus. But the lawsuit claims that administrators said they couldn't fire Hill because he wasn't an employee, but ordered him to receive counseling about sexual harassment. A student walks into the University Center on Friday, Oct. 2, 2020, at UW-Whitewater. All rights reserved. The Whitewater Center is currently comprised of over 1,300 acres of protected land offering 50 miles of trail and access to the Catawba River and Long Creek. Former UW-Whitewater student and Whitewater City Council member Stephanie Goettl-Vander Pas sued the System in October 2021 over alleged Title IX violations, alleging university employees violated federal discrimination laws by failing to protect her and others from sexual harassment and assault from then-Chancellor Beverly Koppers husband, Alan Pete Hill. The announcement came just minutes after the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel received records on the Hill investigation that it had requested under the state's public records law. Charlotte-based SPX Technologies expanding HVAC business with $418M acquisition, 2 options cut from Eastland Yards list. [52] The Democratic minority on the Committee called these findings "a legislative travesty", "a witch hunt", and "a political game".[52]. By using this website, you accept the terms of our Visitor Agreement and Privacy Policy, and understand your options regarding Ad Choices. He cited concern about Blackbourn's "sweeping pattern of deception.". In its court filing, the Whitewater Center simply says it denies the most serious allegations in the Seitz lawsuit. "Tucker Sentenced to 4 Years Probation", Washington Post. No further charges were brought against Hale or the Arkansas Project outlet, The American Spectator,[42] though Hale later pled guilty in the Whitewater case to two felonies and served 21 months of a 28-month sentence. By this time, Hale had already pleaded guilty to two felonies and secured a reduction in his sentence in exchange for his testimony against Bill Clinton. [11] He acquired the Bank of Kingston in 1980 and the Woodruff Savings & Loan in 1982,[15] renaming them the Madison Bank & Trust and the Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan, respectively. A park employee wrote to a county commissioner to complain that the water quality had grown so poor that raft guides routinely suffered from staph infections, ringworm and other skin illnesses. Where Blackborn especially failed in counseling her client, Stadtmueller wrote, was in advising Goettl-Vander Pas to turn off her work phones 30-day message deletion feature from the time she retained an attorney. [18] This in turn helped trigger the 1989 collapse of Madison Guaranty, which federal regulators then had to take over. In a 2018 post that predated Hill's behavior becoming public, Vander Pas wrote that she had dropped out of her MBA program because of pain associated with her condition. It has miles of man-made whitewater rivers for rafting and kayaking and also offers flatwater kayaking on the nearby Catawba river. Mecklenburg County commissioners also began requiring an annual operating permit from the county health department that can be suspended if the center doesnt meet water-quality or safety standards. The lawsuit outlined complaints made by 10 anonymous women,in addition to Vander Pas. Western Center and partners worked to pass the first CROWN Act (SB 188) in the country, prohibiting discrimination based on hair style and texture by extending protection under the FEHA and the California Education Code. In August 1994, Republican Kenneth Starr[39] was appointed by a three-judge panel to continue the Whitewater investigation, replacing Republican Robert B. Fiske, who had been specially appointed by US attorney general Janet Reno, prior to the re-enactment of the Independent Counsel law. The 1,100-acre nonprofit facility in northwest Mecklenburg operates on county property that it rents for $1 a year. In May 1994, Fiske issued a grand jury subpoena to the President and his wife for all documents relating to Madison Guaranty, with a deadline of 30 days. Other records, including Goettl-Vander Pass medical records and journaling, were either incomplete or were withheld through a claim of nuance, the judge said. You must have standing. 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The 18-year-old Seitz, of Westerville, died 11 days after being thrown overboard and going underwater at the U.S. National Whitewater Center during a 2016 church trip. Madison Police Department unveils five-year strategic plan. Another investigation was launched by the UW Board of Regents in 2018 after a UW-Whitewater employee filed a formal complaint alleging Hill grabbed her knee under a table. [54], The Clintons were never charged with any crime. The plan was to hold the property for a few years and then sell the lots at a profit.[10]. The CDC is tested the water at the Whitewater Center and determined the amoeba was present in the water at the time of Seitz's visit. Follow her on Twitter at@KellyMeyerhofer. The Columbus Dispatch Stadtmueller's order dismissing the case on technical grounds describes example after example in which the defense didn't receive the full scope of records requested or, in some cases, didn't receive documents at all. The Center's goal is to continue to increase the size of these protected lands and promote even greater access through land acquisition and natural resource management. McDougal refused to answer any questions while under oath, leading to her being imprisoned by the judge for civil contempt of court for the maximum 18 months, including eight months in isolation. [24], White House counsel Bernard Nussbaum obstructed both the justice department investigation and parks department's investigation into Vince Foster by refusing to hand over documents found in Foster briefcase. [56] The Whitewater files in question, publicly released in August 1995, cast some doubt on the Clintons' assertions in the matter, as they showed that the couple was aware that the interest payments in question were paid by the Whitewater corporation, and not them personally. [18] Tucker and McDougal were later pardoned by President Clinton. "After a thorough investigation, we have found no explanation how the billing records got where they were or why they were not discovered and produced earlier. You can cancel at any time! By using this website, you accept the terms of our Visitor Agreement and Privacy Policy, and understand your options regarding Ad Choices. The lawsuit alleges that Hill's behavior toward female students was well known on campus and that he harassed other women without facing consequences. The attorneys for her family said they waited to file an 18-page lawsuit until the anniversary of her death to remind the Whitewater Center they haven't forgotten what happened. Our judicial system is built on candor and, most importantly, on justice. (HENRY ROMERO/Courtesy USNWC) CHARLOTTE, N.C. Outdoor ice skating is becoming a popular tradition at the U.S. National Whitewater Center. She's also seeking compensatory and punitive damages "in an amount to be determined.". Stay informed with WPR's email newsletter.